My black hair secret with a bit of shabby chic

I've had one or two comments about my colouring :)

So I though I'd shared with you some photo stages of how I colour black hair with Copics and Biro.

I've never been taught or shown so I don't know if this is the right way - it's just my way.

The image I've used here is from Ching-Chou Kuik - Boston Terrier

Hair coloured all over with N3

Some darker patches added to start adding shadow with N5

Blended the shading with my N3

Adding some darker shading with N7

Then blended with the N5

To add some highlights to the dark hair I use a N0.  This takes some of the all over smoothness out and leaves it looking a little patchy.

Finally starting to use the biro to add in some shading and hair strands, you can see this on the right hand side of the picture

Left side now finished off with the biro.  I may have to make a video to show more detail of the blending and biro - bit to be quite honest the thought scares me to death :)

There's a slight difference in the colour of the photos here.  All the ones above were taken at work and the next couple were taken at home in artificial light.  Anyway this is the completed image.

So what I did to make the card up.  Cut out the image with a Spcllbinders die.  Cut out some black card with another Spellbinders die then mounted the image onto it.

Apart from some more black card the design papers are from Lili of the Valley and Joy Crafts.  

Tim Holtz distress ink.  

From Live and Love Crafts beautiful lace, a heart hanger, a resin tiny frame, a resin corner embellishment, a clay heart, some Kort & Godt hortensias.

The Ribbon Girl a pearlised pin.

Wild Orchid Crafts some roses and rose bud and some organza rose trim.

To add to the "shabby" I've added some white gesso.

Hope you like little piece of shabbyness :)

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Fab n Funky - Gorgeous Girls

Scrapy Land - Favourite Colour (Pink) and dies

Ching-Chou Kuik - All Creatures Great and Small

Papertake Weekly - Ohh So Pretty

Sparkles - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Fairytale Stampers - Anything Goes

In the Pink - Summer

Paradise of Stamps - Many Flowers or Fruits